HR 6498 ยท Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
- Introduced
- Dec 9, 2025
- Latest action
- Jan 21, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY-2]
- Policy area
- Education
- Cosponsors
- 4
Summary
Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025 This bill requires certain actions to provide consumers (e.g., enrolled and prospective students) with additional financial information on institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must update its College Scorecard website with additional information, including detailed data (e.g., costs, financial aid, student debt and repayment, and earnings) for each program of study at each IHE. (The College Scorecard is a comparison tool for information on school sizes, settings, graduation rates, average costs, and salary ranges per field of study.) Additionally, ED must establish a Universal Net Price Calculator on a dedicated ED website and annually update the data. Among other elements, this calculator must (1) allow an individual to select and compare multiple IHEs and programs of study, (2) provide the individual with net price estimates for each selected IHE and each selected program of study, and (3) provide access to information in an electronic and downloadable format. Each IHE must make publicly available on its website either the net price calculator developed by ED or the IHE's own calculator (if it includes, at a minimum, the same data elements of ED's calculator).
Recent actions
- Jan 21, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
- Jan 21, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-461.
- Jan 21, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-461.
- Dec 11, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 6.
- Dec 11, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in House
- Dec 9, 2025 Introduced in House
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.